Ember Hestia was dead.
Or so they thought.
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The anniversary of Peter Hale's love comes around and a whole new side of the Hale wolves appears.
-Requested by someone so it is cringy for me when I look back but I will work through and write this. E...
"YOU KNOW DAMN WELL WHAT HAPPENED," Peter yelled at his nephew. The two were face to face, fighting about the other's attitude. Just another day, but this was different. Peter hardly ever raised his voice and he was screaming at his nephew. "YOU-you shouldn't even have to ask."
"Peter," Derek instantly took back what he said. He sighed and ran a hand down his face. "She affected me too."
"I know," Peter stepped away from his nephew, glancing around the clinic.
They'd met up to talk with Scott about his 'pack' and what's gonna happen. Since Erica and Boyd survived the alpha pack and Isaac seemed to shift over to Scott, he seemed to be a part of both packs.
Derek wanted them to have okay relations so that his betas wouldn't be at risk of getting hurt again if there was another threat. Peter on the other hand was agitated and kept commenting on random things.
It escalated and the two had been trading harsh words while Deaton dragged a spastic human and young werewolf out of the room.
"Just help me out here and we'll go back to the loft," Derek pleaded.
Peter rolled his eyes, crossing his arms, "Fine."
"So done?"
"Yeah, yeah," the older man waved his hand in dismissal. He moved to take a seat one of the random places around the room while his nephew brought the others back into the room.
After a disagreement, they finally agreed to be allies. Allies entailed talking so they need to get a meeting place. As Scott's unorganized pack only had their homes, they had to select Derek's loft which meant that the Argent could come over. That led to another disagreement but with a glance to his uncle, Derek surrendered and let her come over.
"We done yet?" Peter asked, raising an eyebrows as Derek stared down the human.
"Y-yeah," Stiles squeaked out as she shifted his gaze between the two male werewolves. It was silent as Scott watched in amusement as his best friend switched his gaze between the two stoic Hales.
"I'm leaving," Peter deemed and walked away, leaving his jacket for his nephew to get. He didn't care and simply wanted to go on a run. It was a boring day and his mind quickly went to his fiance.
"Loft or run?" Derek knew the signs of these days. The days where Peter thought about the nephew's missing best friend. His mind would be elsewhere, he would not care enough to be annoying, and he would fidget with his promise ring that the two had bought so many years ago.
His was a simple silver band with half of a heart carved into it. Ember had a similar one that had a diamond studded other half of the heart which lined up with the other ring when they were put together. Instead of a black inside like Peter's, it was rose gold and they both had the phrase "Love You Forever" on the inside.
"Run."
Derek nodded even though the other werewolf didn't turn around. He watched as he left and listened for him to get far enough away. As soon as he was out of werewolf earshot he sighed and his shoulders slumped at the thought of Ember.
"See you around Deaton," he said as he grabbed the abandoned jacket. The veterinarian waved but otherwise ignored what happened.
Derek left towards his car but Scott and Stiles quickly intercepted him.
"What was that?" He glared at human, not caring that he was rude. He gave a... gentle nudge to the human and was about to open the door when the other teen spoke.
"Was Peter wearing a ring?" Derek froze, his hand on the handle. "What does it mean?"
"Nothing," Derek spat and the human flinched at his tone.
"We don't keep secrets Derek," Scott reminded. Derek saw the boy step forward in his reflection in the car.
"Yeah," Stiles said, trying to sound tough. "You can tell us what the simple ring is. I doubt anyone would love creeperwolf but we should-"
Derek interrupted the boy by grabbing his collar and slamming him into the car. "You have no idea what your talking about Stiles."
"H-Hey, hey, hey," Scott called and Stiles was wide eyed.
"Ignore what you saw and leave us alone," the older male said. Stiles nodded his head rapidly and he was quickly released. Not wasting a second, he scrambled away and straightened his shirt.
"You good man?"
Stiles looked to his best friend and nodded multiple times, "Y-yeah."
The sound of a car pulled their gaze away from each other and they watched the car disappear to who knows where.
"What do you think that was about?" Scott asked, turning to his friend.
"Who knows anymore," Stiles sighed. "The Hales have secrets wrapped in secrets, dipped into darkness, and shoved under the bed so far that the truth is impossible to get to."
"Do you think Isaac would know?"
"I doubt it but it wouldn't hurt to try," and the two were off, searching for answers they wouldn't get for months.
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Ember and Peter's promise rings.
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